Not fitting in, is not always a bad thing.
Sometimes we have to be true to ourselves.
Sometimes we just aren’t in the mood.
Sometimes we feel not just weird, but outside.
Separated from others close by, like on a different planet.
Not just unique, but very different.
We try, and we want to, but just don’t fit in.
And if we pretend, what do we gain?
Trying to fit in, is exhausting.
So be true to yourself, it sets you free.
Take a stand, be still, and let the world see you had enough.
No more pretending, no more fake laughter.
No more ‘You have to’ when it doesn’t matter.
Is stubbornness always bad?
Sometimes we just don’t fit in, or we have a bad day
and we have to accept it.
Don’t force us!
Don’t make us!
Let us be who we are!
Let me be me!
Such a cute video… I loved your writing too!
That was a fun video to watch. Thanks.
Thank you, Selma.
Love this post.
Thank you, Rupli.
I used to get depressed that I never seemed to fit in – now I’m glad that I don’t.
I love the poem and the video. 😀
Same here. When I was young I often thought something was wrong with me. Turns out nothing is wrong with me, but a lot is wrong with our society.
I’m in total agreement! 🙂
Reminds me of something I heard from a recovering coworker: “If it don’t fit, don’t force it.”
I love that!
I have often found the people who don’t “fit in” are the most interesting people to be around. Great video.
Oh I like that.
It’s amazing to me that no one figured out before the performance that this was going to happen!
That’s a good point.
Fitting words! She just wasn’t having it. 😁
Well done young lady. I hope no-one made her feel bad because of it (but I don’t hold much hope!)
As you know, I don’t have children and I was wondering how I would react if my daughter at that age would show that much character and personality. I hope I would be proud of her and I assume I would be grinning inside thinking, yep, that’s my girl. 🙂
This video is priceless!!! I love that little girl and your post too.
Thank you, Cindy! Are you read for the Holidays? Will you be traveling and take more great pictures?
Love this post, Bridget!
I agree, “No more pretending, no more fake laughter.
No more ‘You have to’ when it doesn’t matter.
Let me be me.”
Beautifully said.
Best wishes.
I hate being a sheep. I do my own thing and people look at me sideways. Used to bother me but now I don’t care anymore. 😄
A lot of people have the ‘herd mentality” because we got raised that way. Especially the women of my generations and before (and after) got drilled to fit in.
“Let me be me!” this is the bottom line. I have grown more comfortable in my skin as I have grown older because I have often swum upstream instead of down. I don’t mind that anymore, but have also mellowed A LOT!
“Being comfortable in your own skin” I think that’s that’s the magic we learn when we get older.
I watched the little girl refuse to dance, and was wondering if THEY made her be a part of it, against her will to begin with.
If so, she showed them!
Loved this post! And it was just what I needed to read today. I had one of those ‘don’t fit in’ moments, so I’m glad that you spelled it out for me: ‘sometimes we just don’t fit in’. And that’s okay. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, let me introduce myself. I am Bridget, the “I don’t fit in lady” 🙂
I have given up trying to fit in. It took a while (decades of trying) to understand that sometimes I just don’t fit it and there nothing wrong with me or the others. Sometimes we are just at the wrong time, at the wrong place, or perhaps that day we are with the wrong people.
I am glad you like the post and I your comment made my day.
The ‘I don’t fit in lady’… This is a title I am aspiring to! I’m well on my way, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to practice, but am, perhaps, not quite as accomplished in the art of not fitting in as yourself. Been following your blog for a while and I enjoy your posts a lot. So, thanks, Bridget, for not fitting in and for making not fitting in something that sounds phenomenally attractive from my point of view!
Hey, don’t go after my title 🙂
We live at a time, where so many are scared of everything that’s different. Fear of the unknown has a lot to do with the hatred we see -and read about. Being different is not a bad thing. We are not wind-up soldiers, even so many of us act like we are.
The more I look at smiling faces and perfect families online, the more I realize how much pretending we practice on a daily base. I don’t want to do it. I do not want to fit in.
So true, there’s a lot of pretending on social media. We need to remember that that’s just the side of them people put out there. Not necessarily the truth.
I think social media and the internet has broken this world.